Today, we're taking a break from all the gotta-make-sensiness and tiring rationality of normal life as we spend a few minutes in the mind of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company... where nobody asks questions. Let's visit the sheep!
If there's one thing I think of when I'm smoking, it's sheep! Nothing says "fresh countryside, perhaps populated be a few fuzzy animals" like my first drag on a Salem. Aaah, sheep. And, when I'm thinking of sheep, I'm thinking of visiting some sheep with my best Mary Tyler Moore girlfriend. Smoking a Salem relaxes me, and so does a little sheep browsing. That's the best date a girl could ask for.
But which sheep to pick? Should we go for the experienced maturity of the grownup sheep or the tender simplicity of the lamb? I'll let Mary pick. Meanwhile, I'll finish my Salem with the modern filter and smooth menthol, whatever the hell any of that means. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh... hhhh......h!
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| Dun Dun... Dun DUN dun DUN dun DUN DUN DUN... |
No matter which sheep we choose, Wheelbarrow Guy will be ready to transport our new sheep to the alternate reality of our choice. Until we're ready, he's over there doing laps of the meadow with the 'barrow. "That's short fer 'wheelbarrow'" he always explains. We know, Wheelbarrow Guy. He has to keep moving, to keep oxygen flowing over his gills or he drowns. He's kind of like a shark in that way.
Man, what's in these Salems? Soft, fresh air, rich tobacco taste and a modern filter, that's what! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh....
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Those of us of "a certain age" will remember, "Ho Chi Minh smokes Salems. What have you done for America today?"
Wow, you got me there, Steve, and I can't find any links to that phrase. Was it an ad campaign of a competing brand? Please clear me up. Thanks for the reference!
[-Mgmt.]
found it:
http://lists.maddoc.net/pipermail/in-bloomington-uhs-l/2008-September/025793.html
Dig that picture of J. McCain
Check the last paragraph or so: http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/get/2041/54006/b21f03-0323zdisplay.pdf
Another history mystery solved. Thank you for your diligence, gentlemen! Please enjoy your sheep wisely.
[-Mgmt.]
Do you know why Scotsmen wear kilts?
Say, why's that, Steve?
[-Mgmt.]
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